Infante said he’s nervous about returning to Venezuela on Sunday and will be extra careful. Sanchez will be even more careful – he canceled a December flight back home and doesn’t know when he will return.

“Venezuela is a beautiful country. It’s my birth country, but I want to be safe and I know in Venezuela right now it’s really hard for players,” Sanchez said.
Sanchez said the Marlins have not spoken to him about taking extra precautions. But he said he didn’t hesitate when he heard news that his friend Ramos had been kidnapped.

“I’m very nervous,” Sanchez said last night. “Today, I had scheduled a flight to Venezuela in December and I canceled everything.”

Sanchez got married last weekend in Puerto Rico and had planned to take his new wife home to Maracay, Venezuela. Now he is not sure when he will return.

“I love country. I really love my country,” he said, “but with that situation, it’s hard for players and for people who live in Venezuela.”
“I love my country. It’s beautiful. But not like that. I want to be free. I want to be comfortable. ”

Infante is in Miami now to celebrate the Marlins’ re-branding ceremony tonight. But he said he can’t stop thinking about Ramos – and his own scheduled trip back home.

“I’m a little nervous,” Infante said. “I go back to Venezuela on Sunday. I’ll have to be careful, my family, everything.”

Sanchez sounded a bit angry about the apparent mind-set of kidnappers in Venezuela who prey on wealthy athletes.

“Every day I’m on the field at 5 am. I work out to get ready for season. (The Marlins) don’t give me the money for free. I’m working for it,” he said.

Sanchez said he thinks about Ramos “every hour, every day” and prays “that he’s OK and safe because nobody wants to hear that bad news for him.”

Sanchez said he has lived full-time in Florida for the last four years but often went “back and forth” to see family in Venezuela. Now, he can’t help worry about his family and relatives back home.

“Now I am married and I don’t want nothing to happen to her,” he said of his wife.

Sanchez does plan to leave the United States on Monday. He’s taking a month-long honeymoon in Europe.